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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zhitnyak sneak into Yakov after his escape-from-boredom materials are confiscated?
(a) A Torah.
(b) A New Testament.
(c) A Koran.
(d) A newspaper.

2. After reading the indictment, how does Yakov feel?
(a) Curious.
(b) Devastated.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Incredulous.

3. When Yakov is taken to the infirmary, who does he learn has been shot for disobeying a guard?
(a) Fetyukov.
(b) Gronfein.
(c) Shmuel.
(d) Proshko.

4. After the winter finally ends, Yakov is desperate to relieve his boredom. What does Yakov do?
(a) Opens one of the phylacteries.
(b) Writes letters to his ex-wife.
(c) Engages the guards in philosophical discussions.
(d) Makes pencils from the stove ashes.

5. What does the crowd see when the people finally stop running?
(a) A murdered man.
(b) A murdered dog.
(c) A murdered child.
(d) A murdered woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the secret police member leaves Yakov's cell, what does he leave behind with Yakov?

2. After Yakov has his revelation as to the cause of his sickness, what does Yakov refuse to do?

3. What is the name of the prisoner who is arrested because he is holding a bunch of pamphlets?

4. After the warden delivers the indictment to Yakov, Yakov reads for a while, then has to put the papers down. When he picks them up again, what does Yakov briefly consider asking Kogin for?

5. When the warden finally delivers Yakov's indictment, how does Yakov describe the indictment?

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